
More than 50 new COVID-19 cases a day are currently being reported in Yavapai County — a number that Community Health Services Director Leslie Horton says is down significantly from just a month ago.
The county reported 1,229 COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths since Friday, Jan. 14, Yavapai County Community Health Services stated Tuesday.
An Arizona appellate court has upheld a lower court's decision to deny a request for COVID-19-related medical records it said could include information that should be kept private.

Details are emerging surrounding Arizona’s first known case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant — which is in Yavapai County — such as officials believing more omicron-positive individuals likely exist locally.

The Arizona Department of Health Services on Wednesday reported an additional 2,180 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 124 more deaths, increasing the state's pandemic totals to 1,175,520 cases and 21,273 deaths.

It is a myth that if you are vaccinated for COVID-19, you won’t get sick.

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) reported 3,546 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and four more deaths Thursday, Aug. 19, bringing the state’s total to 976,471 cases and 18,508 deaths since the pandemic began.

Retail and food chains across the country have updated their mask policies following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stating that fully vaccinated people should wear masks indoors where COVID-19 is in “substantial” or “high” transmission.

Arizona on Saturday, July 31, reported over 2,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 infections for the first time in nearly five months amid a continuing increase in the state's rolling average of new cases and more virus-related hospitalizations.

One of Arizona’s biggest hospital systems renewed a call Thursday, July 22, for people to get vaccinated, citing an increase in seriously ill COVID-19 patients in just a few weeks.

With the aim of getting as many people vaccinated as possible, Dignity Health-Yavapai Regional Medical Group announced on Monday, May 24, its primary care practices throughout the quad-city area will begin as of Wednesday, May 26, offering COVID-19 vaccines by appointment to children 12 to 18 as well as adults 18 and older.

Currently, Arizona has vaccinated 45.3% of the population with one dose of COVID-19 vaccine with Yavapai County at 41.5%, according to a news release from Yavapai County Community Health Services (YCCHS). As of this week, 25 states have vaccinated at least 50% of their populations against COVID-19.